The Weekly Negro world., 1887-10-15
REV. D. M. WILSON.

sketch Of the Rev. d. nj. Wilson
from the Maryyille Times. Mr..
Wilson was q warm friend Of the
colored man-at any and all times
he was ready to aid and assist col
ored boys to obtain an education.
Therefore we think it proper to open |
our columns to the life Of SO good
and great a benefactor to our race.
The following is the address OF
.Rev. John Silsby, delivered at the
fnncral Of Rev. ID. nj. Wilson, at
Grand View, Rpea county, on Mon
day the 26th ult.
Mr. Wilson was born March the
9Th, 1919, at Charlestown, n. u. ln
his 10th year the family removed
"a near Cincinnati, Ohio, where ms
father purchased q farm, and where
the family continued to reside till
the marriage Of several OF the senior
members, among whom, besides the
subject of this motto :, are his elder
brother, Theophilus, now ruling
Elder in the Avondale Presbyterian
Church. and his sister, Mrs. NJ. !.
pyle. President Of the Women's
Presbyterial Home Missionary So
ciety, Of Cincinnati.
During his Goth year Mr.. Wilson
was q member Of Woodward Col
lege. Cincinnati, while Drs. Aydelott
and Ray were members OF the fac-
ultv: and from 1910 to 1874 he pur-
sued his classical studies at Pleas
ant Hill Academy, before that IN
stitution became chartered as q
college. Hewas graduated at Lane
Theological Seminary in June, l847,
and was ordained the fall OF that
wear at College Hill, Ohio, married
the same day to Miss Emeline D.
Tomlinson by Rev. Andrew Benton
Soon after they set sail for Syria as
missionaries, under appointment OF
the American Board.
Mr. Wilson labored as q devoted
missionary in that country till the
spring Of 1861, when the failing
health OF his wife compelled him tt
return to America. Upon his ar
rival in this country he took chargt
Of the Congregational Church q
New London, Butler county, Ohio
laboring there both as teacher ant
preacher till the winter OF 1861
when he became connect viii
the Freedmen's A. 93caety sa7'
headquarters al Nasll .h 9
ha~ removed II Rn i'el'sWaF
county, Ohio, To 's' MI stasee
ply OF the Presbyterian Gnurcn g
that place I'll liz aimed there ii
1867, when he se:noyed to Athen
Tenn, to take charge Of the Presby
terian Church. In the Spring
1884 he removed to Spring Cit.
Tenn, to open work at varlou
points along the G. s. R. 4. !
September of that year he too
charge also Of the Piney Falls Pre-
byterian Church at Grand VfeN
Tenn, on the Cumberland platea
The Church was then without
house Of worship, having held !
services since its organization
1876 i'm a temporary buildin
Through Mr.. Wilson's efficientlea'
crship, aided by our Board of Churc
Erection, the Church now has vel
neat and comfortable sanctuar
supplied with organ and other a.
pointments for help in the service
In the new cemetery just provi'
ed by this Church, beautifully !
Gated on an eminence, q lot has bee
assigned, in accordance with his g,
pressed preference, as his restfr
place. 3Let me Sleep" said he, 4
the new Presbyterian Cemetery
Grand View till the resurrectic
MORN"
The writer of the article in II
Presbyterian Encyclopedias say
truthfully, Of Mr.. Wilson, He is
man OF extensive reading and v
ried information, and possesses
retentive and ready memory" \
one can listen to his conversatic
without being surprised at his wi,
range Of knowledge in history, tn
ology and Biblical and general i
telligence, and his wise discrimin
tion i'm the use of the facts at h
command.
The writer Of this notice h
known Mr.. Wilson intimately sin
the spring of l841, when we we
both students at Cary's Academ
Always genial and pleasant in /
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